Metallica

Released: November 23, 1999

Featuring: San Francisco Symphony

Songwriter: Lars Ulrich Kirk Hammett James Hetfield

Producer: Michael Kamen Lars Ulrich James Hetfield Bob Rock

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm digging my way
Yes, I'm digging my way to something
I'm digging my way to something better

[Chorus 1]
I'm pushing to stay, yeah
Yes, I'm pushing to stay with something
I'm pushing to stay with something better
Ooh oh oh yeah
Ooh oh oh yeah
Oh yeah

[Verse 1]
I'm sowing the seeds, yes
Yes, I'm sowing the seeds I've taken
Sowing the seeds I take for granted, ah

This thorn in my side
Yes, this thorn in my side is from the tree
This thorn in my side is from the tree I've planted
Oh, It tears me and I bleed, yeah
And I bleed Whoa whoa
Whoa

[Chorus 2]
Caught under wheel's roll
I take that leech I'm bleeding me
Can't stop to save my soul
I take that leash that's leading me
I'm bleeding me, whoa
Ooo, I can't take it
Caught under wheel's roll, whoa oh
The bleeding of me, oo yeah
Yes, of me
Whooooa
The bleeding of me, yeah

Hey!
I'm caught under wheel's roll
I take that leech I'm bleeding me
I can't stop to save my soul
I take that leash that's leading me
I'm bleeding me, whoa oooh
I can't take it
Caught under wheel's roll, whoa oh
The bleeding of me
Oh oh oh
The bleeding of me

Ooh oh

He, he!

[Verse 2]
Hey!
I am the beast that feeds the feast
I am the blood, I am release
Come make me pure
Bleed me a cure
I'm caught, I'm caught, I'm caught under

[Chorus 2]
Caught under wheel's roll
I take that leech I'm bleeding me
I can't stop to save my soul
I take that leash that's leading me
I'm bleeding me, whoa oh
I can't take it, I can't take it, I can't take it
Oh The bleeding of me
Yeah
I'm bleeding me

C'mon, bleeding me

[Guitar solo]

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Yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm digging my way, yeah
Yes, I'm digging my way to something
I'm digging my way to something better, yeah

[Chorus 1]
I'm pushing to stay, hey
Yes, I'm pushing to stay with something
I'm pushing to stay with something better, yeah
With something better

Thank you friends
We shall return

Like Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden before, Metallica has managed to transcend the genre from which it was originated. To their metal fanbase they are considered one of the Big Four bands of thrash metal, alongside Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer; however Metallica is also one of the most commercially successful bands in all of rock music, having sold 110 million records including the 16x platinum Metallica, which stands as both the highest selling metal album of all time and most successful album of the past 25 years.

Metallica was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles after drummer Lars Ulrich placed an advert in the classifieds newspaper The Recycler, which was answered by singer/rhythm guitarist James Hetfield. They were soon joined by lead guitarist Dave Mustaine, who later formed Megadeth after being kicked out of the band because of his substance and alchohol abuse, and bassist Ron McGovney, a childhood friend of Hetfield. These two early members were replaced with Cliff Burton (who relocated the band to San Francisco) and ex-Exodus lead guitarist, Kirk Hammett to form the band’s classic line-up.

The band released three albums, 1983’s Kill ‘Em All, 1984’s Ride The Lightning and 1986’s Master of Puppets before the tragic and untimely death of Cliff Burton on September 27th, 1986.

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